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THE MORMONS.—The growing numbers of the followers of Joe Smith and Sidney Rigdon is a cu-rious fact in the history of the times. Proselytes to the doctrines set forth in "the golden book of Mormon" are springing up everywhere, not only in the west, but in the east—in the cities, towns, vil-lages, and in the country—several persons were baptised in the new faith a few days since in Ken-sington. The Mormons have commenced the pub-lication of a new paper called "The Times and the Seasons" at their new settlement in Illinois. It announces the departure of 12 members of their persuasion, called apostles, for England. The Pe-oria Register says of their new settlement:
"It has been chosen by the church at a late con-ference, as one of the points of gathering for the church in the latter days. The Mormons regard the signs of the times as indicating the speedy ap-proach of the Millenium; and these points are select-ed as ensigns for the gathering of the society to escape the judgments which will immediately pre-cede that event.
We are told that large accessions have been made to the number of the society during the past fall, embracing many families of great respectability and influence, in Adams, Hancock and M'Do-nough counties. Several blanches of the church have been established in these counties, and the so-ciety is represented as never more prosperous, or as indulging brighter hopes than at present.”

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THE MORMONS.—The growing numbers of the followers of Joe Smith and Sidney Rigdon is a cu-rious fact in the history of the times. Proselytes to the doctrines set forth in "the golden book of Mormon" are springing up everywhere, not only in the west, but in the east—in the cities, towns, vil-lages, and in the country—several persons were baptised in the new faith a few days since in Ken-sington. The Mormons have commenced the pub-lication of a new paper called "The Times and the Seasons" at their new settlement in Illinois. It announces the departure of 12 members of their persuasion, called apostles, for England. The Pe-oria Register says of their new settlement:
"It has been chosen by the church at a late con-ference, as one of the points of gathering for the church in the latter days. The Mormons regard the signs of the times as indicating the speedy ap-proach of the Millenium; and these points are select-ed as ensigns for the gathering of the society to escape the judgments which will immediately pre-cede that event.
We are told that large accessions have been made to the number of the society during the past fall, embracing many families of great respectability and influence, in Adams, Hancock and M'Do-nough counties. Several blanches of the church have been established in these counties, and the so-ciety is represented as never more prosperous, or as indulging brighter hopes than at present.”